Last week, the grim news emerged that Jack Condy has been forced into early retirement.
This news is personally heart-breaking for Jack and a shock to all his friends and supporters at Penallta and the Scarlets.
Jack became a full time professional aged just 20, when the Llanelli Scarlets signed him to their stellar back row. The signing raised eyebrows at the time, not least because the Newport Gwent Dragons had conspired to miss the ability of the outstanding Gwent loose forward of his generation. Jack went from winning the Silver Ball final with Penallta in May 2015 to b.....